How to sort an array that consists of only 0s and 1s in TypeScript

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// Function to sort an array containing only 0s and 1s
function sortBinaryArray(arr: number[]): void {
    let left: number = 0;                  // Index to track the left side
    let right: number = arr.length - 1;    // Index to track the right side

    while (left < right) {
        // If the left index is at 0, move it forward
        if (arr[left] === 0) {
            console.log(`left: ${left}`);
            left++;
        }
        // If the right index is at 1, move it backward
        else if (arr[right] === 1) {
            console.log(`right: ${right}`);
            right--;
        }
        // If left is 1 and right is 0, swap them
        else {
            const temp = arr[left];
            arr[left] = arr[right];
            arr[right] = temp;
            console.log(`swap() left: ${left} right: ${right}`);
            left++;
            right--;
        }
    }
}

// Input: Binary array
const arr: number[] = [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0];

sortBinaryArray(arr);

// Output the sorted array
console.log("Sorted array:", arr.join(" "));



/*
run:

"swap() left: 0 right: 8" 
"left: 1" 
"right: 7" 
"swap() left: 2 right: 6" 
"left: 3" 
"swap() left: 4 right: 5" 
"Sorted array:",  "0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1" 

*/

 



answered Sep 3 by avibootz
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